Re: Taking export from SECONDARY_INSTANCE from 02 node RAC
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 19:29:07 -0600
Message-ID: <seHpl.13716$D32.2288_at_flpi146.ffdc.sbc.com>
Mladen Gogala wrote:
> On Thu, 26 Feb 2009 19:17:03 +0100, sybrandb wrote:
>
>> It wouldn't matter as you are already greatly abusing RAC. If you don't >> use the second instance at all, you either don't need RAC, or you should >> configure RAC ClusterGuard I, which comes with RAC, and which is an >> active/passive configuration.
>
> I distinctly remember a debate from oracle-l, from the times when
> Steve Adams did not behave like the Great Inquisitor and protector
> of Faith and Morality, in which nobody could find anything about the
> product called "RAC ClusterGuard I".
>
> The obvious question would be why RAC when DG can do the trick? For
> RAC, you need to license both RDBMS and RAC for each node you use it
> on. The cost of the RAC license is typically 50% of the normal license,
> so 2 node RAC would cost as 3 single instance databases. Physical standby,
> on the other hand, costs 50% of the normal license. That means that an
> active-passive configuration you are talking about would cost you 1.5
> times more than the single instance version.
>
I would caveat any discussion about licensing with "it all depends". I have been at several sites over the last 8 years or so and I know of no two companies that paid the same thing. It all depends on how well you negotiate with your "used car" salesman (and how close to EoQ you are :) ) some sites paid exponentially less than others on certain features like RAC.
I would encourage ANYONE doing negotiations to force Oracle into including ALL of the management packs as you cannot disable nor can you NOT install them - especially 10g+... (in my book, that is like the old trick where the book publishers would send you a book, and then hound you until you paid for it and if you didn't want it you could return it. The laws in most states state that if you receive something you did not order, not only do you not have to pay for it, you also don't have to return it and IMO, software is no different - especially if I cannot not install it, uninstall it or disable it.
Laws in your state/country may vary. Received on Thu Feb 26 2009 - 19:29:07 CST